Businessmen scored government for its lack of financial support
TACLOBAN CITY-Businessmen in Tacloban have yet to receive financial assistance promised to them by the national government, a year after supertyphoon “Yolanda” devastated this city. Joel Caminade, president of Rotary Club of Tacloban, said that...
DILG recognized “Yolanda heroes”
TACLOBAN CITY- “There was only little time for me to mourn when my only sibling died after the surge. Many are in need of blood services from the Philippine Red Cross - Leyte Chapter...
US continues to provide assistance as 36 sari-sari stores destroyed by Yolanda repaired and...
TACLOBAN CITY-United States Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg led in the distribution of 36 sari-sari stores that were “reconstructed and restocked with inventory” in Baras, Palo, Leyte. The 36 sari-sari stores that were repaired...
Memorial garden to rise in Palo town to honor people who died due to...
PALO, Leyte - A memorial garden is being constructed inside the compound of the San Joaquin Church, this town, in memory of the 337 people who died during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda. The Bernard...
Group conducts probe on occurrence of trafficking, prostitution among Yolanda survivors
TACLOBAN CITY-The women’s right group Gabriela launched an international solidarity mission in areas ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda to look into reports of human trafficking and prostitution involving victims of the typhoon. This was revealed...
Marites: A woman of courage amid storm
Heroism has always been branded with masculinity. Oftentimes, the hero is projected as a charmer, a knight in shining armor, or a mysterious lad in tight colored costumes and capes ready to rescue a...